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Eighteen seconds after the Clippers fell behind 2-0 against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, this game essentially was over.

The NYPD have deployed military-grade top secret X-ray vans throughout the city, enabling officers to look through walls of buildings and vehicles.  The $800,000 vans have been rolled out across New York City, but the NYPD are currently refusing to say what their purpose is. “I will not talk about anything at all about this,” New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said when asked what the Backscatter Vans were being used for. “It falls into the range of security and counter-terrorism activity that we engage in.” Nypost.com reports... Читать дальше...

As children they suffered lifelong physical and psychological damage wrought by the state during their time as "wardies" or child migrants. And still they wait.

Internet security company Enigma reports that malware attacks aimed at Christmas shoppers markedly increase between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve with the largest increase coming two weeks after Cyber Monday. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

Cash-and-stock offer would mark the return of the company to the lucrative U.S. market after a 12-year absence.

At Saturday's Navy vs. Tulsa game, midshipmen, cheerleaders and officers on the sidelines stood still for 43 seconds while someone with a camera wove down the field. The video has garnered more than 184,000 views.

Rospotrebnadzor recorded 15 cases of the so-called Hong Kong flu in 11 regions of Russia, the head of the watchdog said Tuesday.

Jockey Freddy Tylicki thanks people for their support but says he has a "long road in front" of him after being paralysed in a fall.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady admits he’s a bit sore but expects to be fine after taking a low hit from safety Kam Chancellor in Sunday night’s 31-24 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Chancellor contacted Brady at the knees after losing his balance and falling while trying to turn the corner around right tackle…

BEIJING — China’s first aircraft carrier is now ready to engage in combat, marking a milestone for a navy that has invested heavily in its ability to project power far from China’s shores.

German police have launched a large-scale operation targeting Islamists across ten German federal states, the country’s Interior Ministry (Bundesministeriums des Innern) reported on Tuesday.
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An online dating fraudster who posed as a spy - among other things - to swindle single women out of close to R1,9m has been jailed.

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The meteoric rise of copper prices since Trump's victory in the US presidential election last week is not justified by fundamentals, analysts say.

UPDATE: 3:42 a.m. EDT — Tinder has deleted its earlier tweet that informed people of its dating app facing problems, and along with the fact that there are no new reports of users facing issues, it seems like the service is back up and running. UPDATE: 3:30 a.m. EDT — More and more users are reporting dating app Tinder is working again for them, but not all are happy.

Mixing light moments with a tearful tribute to his late wife, former Kings goaltender Rogie Vachon expressed his gratitude to those who guided him along the path that on Monday finally took him through the doors of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

While banks and ATMs are witnessing a mad scramble for currency notes, the illegal ones are being disposed of in large quantities here.

Cannabis experts and their allies packed Oakland City Hall for a raucous public hearing Monday night, at which the City Council voted to re-craft a set of controversial pot laws it passed in May. After a four-hour debate, the council voted 4-3 to direct the city administrator to write new laws and significantly revise an equity permit program that sets aside half of Oakland’s pot permits for ex-convicts and a small number of East Oakland residents. Sponsored by Brooks, it reserves half the city’s... Читать дальше...

This looks like a hint for a Christmas present. Hopefully you were a good boy this year, Buzz the Boxer.

China may halt sales of the iPhone if President-elect Donald Trump decides to go through with his plan of implementing import tariffs on Chinese products.  According to a state-run Chinese newspaper the Global Times, Trump’s plan of slapping a 45 percent import tariff on Chinese goods will result in retaliation from China. Cnbc.com reports: “A batch of Boeing orders will be replaced by Airbus. U.S. auto and iPhone sales in China will suffer a setback, and U.S. soybean and maize imports will be halted. Читать дальше...

In an interview with her family for 60 minutes in the US, Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of President-elect Donald Trump ruled out any official role in her father's administration, rather vowing she would continue advocating the women's issues she discussed throughout the campaign trail.

Let the debate begin.

The graft-accused additional deputy commissioner of Golaghat, Anjanabh Chaliha, was produced at a local court in Jorhat on Monday.

Amber Heard looks gorgeous in a pink lace dress while walking the red carpet at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards on Monday night (November 14) at NeueHouse in Hollywood, Calif. The 30-year-old actress was joined at the event by Freida Pinto, Jenna Dewan, Angela Sarafyan, Chrissy Metz, Erika Christensen, Gabby Sidibe and Shonda [...]